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The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time.

John Playfair

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John Playfair
Age: 71 †
Born: 1748
Born: March 10
Died: 1819
Died: July 20
Geologist
Mathematician
Physicist
Scientist
City of Dundee
Time
Giddy
Abyss
Seemed
Grow
Grows
Looking
Mind

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